Sitting through a commencement speech is polyamorous unicorn home sex videoa roll of the dice: Your speaker might be boring or condescending, you might be sweltering from the sun or soaked by the rain, you might even be too hungover to care about what happens before victoriously waltzing across the stage to collect your diploma.
SEE ALSO: Sheryl Sandberg bears her heart and soul in 'Option B'Commencement speaker Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and coauthor of Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy, took a big gamble Friday and dedicated her speech at Virginia Tech to heartbreak and resiliency.
It's not the most obvious theme for college grads eager to celebrate the future, but since suddenly losing her husband two years ago, Sandberg has been on a mission to share with the world what she's learned about heartbreaking, tragedy, and resilience.
And that's something Virginia Tech knows more about than perhaps any other campus in the country. Ten years ago, a senior at the school fatally shot 32 people and then himself. It's heavy stuff for what's supposed to be a carefree occasion, but Sandberg addressed the crowd with equal parts real talk, humor, and optimism.
"I know, important day ... and I’m up here talking about death. But I promise you there's a reason."
"I know, important day ... and I’m up here talking about death," she said during an untimely downpour. "But I promise you there’s a reason ... Because what I’ve learned since losing Dave [Goldberg] has fundamentally changed how I view this world and how I live in it. And I want to share it with you, on this day because I think it’s going to help you lead happier, healthier, and more joyful lives and you deserve all of that."
Sandberg urged the newly-minted grads to focus on building "collective resilience" through shared experiences and stories as varied as supporting friends through triumphs and disappointments to reminiscing about legendary Virginia Tech sports victories to confronting injustice together. Basically, no opportunity to strengthen bonds with someone you know, or even a stranger, is too small to pass up.
And for students who feel anxious about the future, Sandberg recommended hope.
"There are many kinds of hope," she said. There’s the hope that she wouldn’t swipe left. Sorry. There’s the hope that your stuff will magically pack itself as you sit here. Sorry. There’s the hope that I’d be done speaking by now. Double sorry. But my favorite kind of hope is called grounded hope -- the understanding that if you take action you can make things better."
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Citing people who've endured unthinkable tragedy and refused to give into hate, like the community devastated by the 2015 mass shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, or a French journalist who lost his wife in the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, Sandberg focused on how such hope in the face of impossible odds makes us all more hopeful.
And, of course, she acknowledged the school's own capacity for resilience, calling the campus a "testament to courage, faith and love."
With five minutes left, the intense emotions that dominated Sandberg's remarks caught up with her. "When tragedy or disappointment strike, know that you have the ability to get through absolutely anything. I promise you do," she said, choking up with tears. "As the saying goes, we are more vulnerable than we ever thought, but we are stronger than we ever imagined."
It might not have been the most lighthearted commencement speech, but if we're honest about both the joy and pain of growing up, Sandberg's message is one we all need to hear.
10 best DLCs 2023, ranked: No. 1 left me emotionally damaged, but it's worth it
Best blender deal: Get a Vitamix Propel Series 750 blender for $230 off
Shop Sony Bluetooth speakers and save up to 43%
Panos Panay quits Microsoft. Is the upcoming Surface event in trouble?
13 gifts for people with acid reflux
Best Apple Watch deals: Save $10 on the Apple Watch Series 9 with Midnight Sport Loop
The best iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus cases
iPhone 16 rumors that'll make you skip the iPhone 15
На Чемпионате стран БРИКС на призы Сбера пройдет финальный этап косплей
iPhone 15's battery health feature will keep it alive longer
3 best stationery bike deals: Peloton, Schwinn, and Echelon deals at Amazon
Best Apple Watch deals: Save $10 on the Apple Watch Series 9 with Midnight Sport Loop
Best Anker deals: Get an Anker charger up to $30 off
'Destiny 2' bug is getting a fix, Bungie says
Утонченная и развратная — косплей на Зельду из The Legend of Zelda
Meta Verified for business will cost $965 less per month than X's business verification
Google commits to 10 years of Chromebook updates to extend device lifespan
Best Xbox deal: Save $30.99 on the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 Core at Amazon
Bestoloch порассуждал о популярности PUBG
Elon Musk's X finally agrees to settlement talks with unpaid laid off Twitter employees
NFL players slam Donald Trump for rant against protestsPitbull lends his private plane to help cancer patients in Puerto Rico get treatment they needUber's problems in London are Uber's problems everywhereJohn Legend shows support for #TakeAKnee with beautifully written articleFormer astronaut and NFL player bashes Trump with the perfect takedown#TakeAKnee protests are about police violence, not the military or the ConstitutionPizza shop turns sign against marriage equality into one opposing pineappleSmall dog's reaction to being pet will speak deeply to your soulPornhub: 'Talk Like a Pirate' day inspired some very XPost Malone's failed crowd surf probably didn't make him feel like much of a rockstar Web3 Growth Marketing Leader Addressable Completes $13.5M Raise Led by BITKRAFT Midnight Screening of ‘Spirited Away’ at Nuart 10n8 Little Dragon Closed Pre Halloween Fun at GVJCI's Obake Night Meet the Authors at Giant Robot ‘The Big Bachi’ Table Read in Little Tokyo Kabuni celebrates "Stake a Future" launch with 10,000 Steamboat Willie SEJSCC Hosts Its 23rd Annual Pancake Breakfast and Holiday Boutique Unlocking Medical Research: Data Lake launches Consentify Garcetti’s ‘Japan: Reverence for Beauty’ at Doizaki Gallery
0.2888s , 12492.6484375 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【polyamorous unicorn home sex video】Enter to watch online.Sheryl Sandberg gets real about heartbreak in Virginia Tech graduation speech,
